What color is #8F886C?

#8F886C is a grayish yellow known as Wilderness. It belongs to the brown family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Wilderness?

The RGB value is 143, 136, 108: 143 red, 136 green and 108 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Wilderness?

The complementary color is #6C738F, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #8F886C?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.91:1 and white text 3.56:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Wilderness color: hex code #8F886C

#8F886C rgb(143, 136, 108)

Shades of brown

Wilderness has the hex code #8F886C. It is a grayish yellow.

In the RGB color model it is made of 56.1% red, 53.3% green and 42.4% blue (143, 136, 108).

Its hue angle is 48°, with 14% saturation and 49% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 5% magenta, 24% yellow and 44% black.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 5.91:1).

Wilderness (#8F886C) color codes

HEX	`#8F886C`
RGB	`rgb(143, 136, 108)`
RGB percent	`rgb(56.1%, 53.3%, 42.4%)`
HSL	`hsl(48, 14%, 49%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(48, 24%, 56%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 5%, 24%, 44%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(56.62, -2.15, 16.01)`
CIE LCH	`lch(56.62, 16.16, 97.65)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(22.839, 24.531, 17.716)`
Decimal	`9406572`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Wilderness, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #8F886C	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	5.91:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	3.56:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#8F886C as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	3.56:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	5.91:1	Pass	Fail	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #8F886C looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #8f886c; }
.text { color: #8f886c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8f886c; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(143 136 108 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #8f886c, #858f6c); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

See #8F886C on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #8F886C?: #8F886C is a grayish yellow known as Wilderness. It belongs to the brown family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Wilderness?: The RGB value is 143, 136, 108: 143 red, 136 green and 108 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Wilderness?: The complementary color is #6C738F, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #8F886C?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.91:1 and white text 3.56:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.